Downers Grove Schools
-
Organization says need for ethnic organ donors criticalAug 01, 2020 1:00 am - Minorities make up nearly 60% of people who need organ transplants in the U.S., but only a third of registered donors. In Illinois, 1,450 Blacks, 800 Latinos and 240 As...
-
Districts 204 and 203 now going all remote learning to start school yearJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 and Naperville Unit District 203 are among the latest school districts to announce they will begin the next academic year with all remot...
-
Aurora's Rosary School to host virtual town hall Aug. 5 on 'Safe School Plan 2020-21'Jul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - On July 29, Amy T. McMahon, Head of School at Rosary High School in Aurora, posted a letter to families on the "Safe School Plan 2020-21." A Zoom town hall will be held ...
-
Student Excellence Foundation names board for 2020-21; Brett Mathieson joins as Mark Bridges and Andy Johnson retireJul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - The Student Excellence Foundation is welcoming a new board member and thanking two outgoing board members for their service. Brett Mathieson will join the foundation bo...
-
Benet Academy graduation ceremony changed at last minute by health departmentJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - Benet Academy graduates had to make unexpected changes just before their well planned graduation ceremony at the Lisle school Thursday evening. The 302 graduates were to...
-
Dist. 204 delaying return date, deadline to choose online instructionJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 is delaying the start of its school year until Sept. 3 as administrators work to ensure their Return to School plan is in line with the ...
-
Naperville District 203 delaying start date, adjusting Return to Learn planJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Naperville Unit District 203 is postponing the start of the next academic year and has suspended indefinitely the deadline for parents to choose if they want their stude...
-
'It is wholly inadequate': Family disappointed after driver gets 7 years for killing teenJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Joseph Kucharski was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for the reckless homicide of Downers Grove North High School student Beth Dunlap, in which he ran her d...
-
Need that in-person instruction or too risky? Parents' reactions to school reopening mixedJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - As a former teacher married to a teacher, Martha Paschke is concerned about schools reopening this fall and the risk it poses for students and employees. Paschke worries...
-
Send the kids in August? Parents, schools grapple with reopening decisionsJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - After months of lockdowns, masks, social distancing and endless talk of COVID-19 and positivity rates, the time suburban parents have dreaded is nearly here - the start ...